indoor herbs are NOT as easy as articles imply. unless you have a LOT of sun on that windowsill and plant the right things, you will not be happy with them. outdoors is better, again, with sun.

the woody plants like rosemary last a long time and tend to be pretty hard to kill. I put thyme and sage in this category, oregano, lavender. do not over water them.

the soft plants like parsley and basil need a lot more water and can die from various fungus attacks and things much more easily. even given the best circumstances, they are not very long lived and if you get them going early in the season might not last all the way through fall. my problem with these is that you generally want a LOT of parsley or basil or cilantro, compared to, say, sage. clipping off a couple of leaves of the woody plants is very practical, but for me, I end up finding it cheaper to just buy things like cilantro in the store. I usually grow several big pots of basil, but don't bother with parsley and cilantro.

but it's fun if they live, so give it a go.

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I have aerogardens that I grow them in. you can google it. It's a hydroponic growing system and once you plant the seeds, you don't have to do anything but keep the container with water filled. Check Craigslist if you're interested, I've bought most of mine
there for about $30!

BTW, you plant seeds, not plants & woody plants like lavender and rosemary don't grow well in them, but you can have an abundance of different basils and other herbs and it also grows spring mix lettuce very well. Enough to keep you supplied through the summer. Then you just grow another batch!

I have good luck with large pots outside set out round a tree. They seem to need a lot of room for their roots to spread out and plenty of fresh air and sunshine. But they don't seem to like sitting in direct sunlight and they need a good fertilizer.

Of course the winters here are very mild and it never gets cold enough to kill the plants so I'm not sure that would work for everyone.

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